Multimodal Analgesic Protocol to Moderate Acute Pain

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Post-operative

Treatments: Procedure: third molar surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03456141

18-0047

Details and patient eligibility

About

With a prospective, observational study assess post-surgery pain levels and patient's use of opioids and other analgesic drugs to moderate pain following third molar surgery.

Full description

SPECIFIC AIMS Using the UNC surgery clinic multi-modal protocol of drugs/dosages to control acute pain after third molar surgery assess each post-surgery day(PSD) the patient reported

1. pain levels post-surgery as recorded by Likert-type and Gracely scales
2. quality of life(QOL) outcomes for lifestyle and oral function
3. number of opioid doses taken by subject-patients
4. number of NSAID and acetaminophen doses taken by subject-patients.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA I,II At least two lower 3rd molars scheduled for removal

Exclusion criteria

• Patient being treated for opioid addiction/abuse including having Rx for suboxone, methadone